For such a traditional region, in such a historic country, the Cattedrale di Campobasso is unusually modern among Italian cathedrals. Starting life as a feudal church in 1504, the site was destroyed by a powerful earthquake which devastated Molise in 1805, as the Napoleonic Wars raged across Europe. Reconstruction began in the mid 19th century, it serving briefly as a military barracks before finally becoming the city's cathedral in 1927! 🏛⛪ #molise#moliseesiste#cattedrale#earthquake#oldandnew#20regionsin2years#campobasso at Campobasso, Italy